We are home!

A big THANKYOU! to all those involved and all those who came down to Caroline Bay on Sunday to congratulate us on completing the journey... especially our family and friends who put so much time into helping us achieve this goal.

Stay tuned for the next adventure!...

The home straight!

Left at 11. Thanks Liz and John, will text again soon.

Rangitata river mouth

Just made it to our last camp at the river mouth. Big 14 hour day today. Pleased to be here! See you tomorrow.

State highway one

Not long until the end of the raft. Fingers crossed for good ocean conditions tomorrow.

Out of the boots and into the raft

Back in cellphone coverage now and we're happy to be off our feet and rafting down the Rangitata on what is almost our final leg. We had an awesome time churning through the Rangitata Gorge but got held up yesterday afternoon by a strong wind blowing up the valley making rafting impossible.

We're hoping to raft for a marathon 14 hours today and make up the lost time so we can finish up in the early evening tomorrow. We're expecting to be able to send pictures once we get into better coverage - for now, here's the mighty Rangitata, with yellow pointers marking Kelman Hut and Mt Cook in the background.

At Kelman Hut after a long, hard slog

Kelman Hut, our current location, looking toward Dunedin. Our starting point of Caroline Bay is on the far, far left.

We finally made it to Kelman Hut after a 15 hour walk from Plateau Hut. We're stoked to have completed the Mt Cook leg successfully. We'll now be out of reception for the next 5 days.

Summit

We made it successfully down off the summit last night to camp above the summit rocks. We've now turned our noses for home and are heading down the Linda Glacier to Plateau Hut and the Tasman Glacier.

Timaru Herald Article

SC Circumnavigation Adventure